Machine for treating tobacco-leaves



(No Model.)

0. U. KASEY.

MACHINE FOR TREATING TOBAGGO LEAVES.

N0. 373,4 Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

U TTED STATES PATENT @Fricn.

CHARLES C. KASEY, OF NEYV RIVER DEPOT, VIRGINIA.

MACHINE FOR TREATING TOBACCO-LEAVES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 373,460, dated November 22, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. KASEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New River Depot, in the county of Pulaski and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Treating Tobacco-Leaves, of which the following is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to improvements in machines for flavoring tobaccoleaves; and it consists in'certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a view of the dischargepipe.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a supporting-frame mounted on the legs a, and composed of the parallel side bars, a, connected at one end by the end bar, a At the opposite end of the frame the side bars have an inclined board or chute, B, secured between them. Rollers O O are journaled between the side bars at the ends of the same, and over these rollers I pass an endless apron, D, as clearly shown. The roller at the forward end of the frame is journaled in such a position as to be over the upper edge of the inclined chute B, where the tobacco carried by the apron D will be discharged onto said chute and by it directed into a suitable receptacle. At the front end of the frame, on the opposite sides of the same, I erect the standards E E, and support a cross-bar or table, F, on which I secure a tank, G, on the upper ends thereof.

The tank G is provided at its lower edge on its rear side with an outlet-pipe, H, which communicates wit-h the discharge-pipe I, the said dischargepipe being arranged transversely to and above the endless apron D. The dischargepipe extends entirely across the endless apron, and is provided with alongitudinal series of perforations, J, as clearly shown.

K designates a pressure roller, which is journaled in vertically-movable bearings on the inner opposing sides of the standards E E, the said bearings being connected at their upper ends by a cross-bar, L, against which a suitably-supported pressure-regulating screw, M, impinges. The surface of this roller K is covered by a yielding fabric to prevent bruis ing the tobacco, and its shaft is extended through 'one of the standards E and provided with suitable operating means, that shown be-' ing a crank-handle.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood. Licorice or other suitable tlavoring material is placed in the tank G, and the How of the same to the dischargepipe I is regulated by a suitable stop-cock, N, in the outlet-pipe H. The tobacco-leaves are placed on the endless apron and the said apron caused to carry the tobacco toward the front of the machine by revolving the pressure-roller, which will contact frictionally against the apron and move it forward. The tobaccowill be thereby carried forward and under the licorice escaping from the dis charge-pipe through the perforations therein. The licorice will thus escapedirectly onto the tobacco, and as the tobacco passes under the presmre-roller the licorice will bespread upon the entire body of the tobacco-leaf, and at the same time all grit and dirt will be expelled therefrom by the pressing or crushing action of the rollers.

It will be seen that I have provided a very simple machine, by means of which the tobacco may be readily and thoroughly flavored, and its advantages will be readily appreciated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The improved machine for flavoring tobacco, herein described and shown, comprising the supportingfranie, the endless apron mounted therein, the standards erected at the front end of the frame, the tank supported by said standards, the outlet-pipe leading rearwardly from the tank, the discharge-pipe at the end {of the outlet, arranged transversely to the endless apron and having a longitudinal series of perforations, andthe adjustablymounted pressure-roller at the front end of the frame, substantially as specified.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in pres ence of two witnesses.

- CHARLES C. KASEY.

Witnesses:

J. H. MARTIN, G. G. DUDLY. 

